Rahm Emanuel turns heads for prepare journey in Japan

Rahm Emanuel makes certain that he travels by Japan generally. The previous mayor of Chicago is now the US ambassador to Japan, and his official embassy Twitter account typically options photos of him touring across the nation by prepare.

“I like the actually gentle seats!” Ambassador Emanuel’s account was tweeted on Could eleventh with 63,000 likes and greater than 14,000 retweets.

“Japan’s world-class rail system is worthy of a world-class nation. It did not disappoint,” Emanuel tweeted in February.

(Extra tweets here, here and here.)

Bloomberg first reported Emanuel’s fondness for prepare journey in Japan.

“Within the US he is thought-about a troublesome man, however in Japan he is thought-about folksy and compassionate,” Kazuhiro Maeshima, a professor of American politics at Sophia College in Tokyo, advised Bloomberg. “In the event you Google ‘Rahm Emanuel’ in Japanese, you may see ‘Emanuel tetsuota‘ within the outcomes. It is a success,” he added, referring to the Japanese phrase for “railway fanatic” or “prepare geek,” Bloomberg reported.

The article quoted a US embassy official who famous that earlier ambassadors virtually at all times traveled in an armored car on official enterprise.

As mayor of Chicago, Emanuel struck an settlement with Elon Musk to dig a tunnel connecting O’Hare Airport and downtown Chicago for a futuristic 100-mph transit journey that may join the 2 places in file time. The challenge by no means bought off the bottom – did it in the ground. Emanuel’s successor, Lori Lightfoot, pulled the plug on the challenge shortly after taking workplace.

Throughout his two phrases at Chicago Metropolis Corridor, Emanuel’s press group was keen on publishing images of the mayor making an attempt to appear like a “man of the individuals” on public transportation. More often than not, the mayor was chauffeured in a two-car trailer.